Card holder



E. TERNER.

CARD HOLDER.

APPLICATION HLED FEB. 21. 1921.

Patented May 9, 1922.

id hi 513 l A. l ti EDWARD TERNEB, F MILW'AUKEE, WISCONSIN.

CARD HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 9, 1922 Application filed February 21, 1921. Serial No. 446,827.

To ((ZZ 2/; /1. om it may concern Be itknown that I, EDWARD TERNIJR, a Polish subject, but who has declared his intention of becoming a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Card Holders;

. and I do declare the following to be a clear,

complete, and exact description thereof, such as will enable persons skilled in the art to which the invention relates to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings for an illustration of one of the forms in which the invention has been embodied.

My invention relates to card holders,,and

is designed for the reception of a number of personal orbusiness cards, the construction being such that the cards are held in con in an evenly stackedrelation, the whole number of cards being moved as a unit so as to present the top one thereof in position for ejection when it is desired to withdraw a card from the holder.

The arrangement of the device is such that the edges of the cards are protected from. becoming soiled, and only a portion of the top card of the stack is exposed.

The card holder is provided with a hinged cover which'is adaptedto close the interior space thereof against accidental opening,

and thus prevent the withdrawal of the cards from the holder in any other manner than one at atime, the interior of the card.- holder is provided with a pair 'of'locking springs, which, when the holder is filled with cards and the hinged cover is closed, serve as guides for the cards contained in the enclosure. The stack of cards acts asa spacer for the said springs, and serves to prevent the movement of the springs to release the hinged cover, until after the last of the cards,

acting" as 'a spacer, has been withdrawn from the holder.

The novel. features of my invention will be pointed out in'the appended claims.

heferringto the accompanying drawing" rigure l is a perspective view of mv improved card holder, showing the manrier of the retention of the cards therein, and the ejection of the cards therefrom.

Fig. 2 is a side view in elevation, partly broken out, to show the arrangement of certain structural features. 7

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the end of the card holder adjacent the hinged cover, the view being partly broken out to show the arrangement of one of the locking springs which serve as guides and are spaced by the presence of a stack of cards within the holder.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of certain parts shown in Fig. 3.

Referring now to the drawings, the numeral indicates a card holder of convenlent proportions, and designed for theacconimodation of astack comprising a plurality of personal or business cards. The holder is rectangular in its general outline and is formed from a sheet of thin metal, having the sides. and one end suitably flanged so as to provide a receptacle of proper depth for the reception of a stack of cards, and a spring pressed follower bymeans of which they are held in their upward position for the ready ejection of the upper card. of the stack.

The numeral ll has been used to indicats the fixed sides and one end of the card holder. the upper margins of the sides and end being inturned as at 12 to overlap the margins of the cards and prevent their movement bodily from the holder. A rectangular plate or follower 13. having pivoted thereto an expansion spring 14:, which latter may be of any suitableform, is arranged within the holder, and is adapted to receive on the face thereof the stack of cards inserted through the open end of the holder, and to press such stack of cards with the upper one thereof in engagement with the inwardly extending margins 12.

A; cover 15 is hinged at 16 to the open end of the card holder' The said hinged cover is provided at eachv end of its inner face with a hook 17, adapted to enter the opening in the end of the card holder, when the hinged cover is turned into place. The

hooks 1'? are so arranged that their barbs will enter openings 18 in the free ends of blade springs 19 which are secured and normally bear against the inside of the walls of the case. Attached to the springs 19, near the free end thereof, is. a pin 20 which projects through an opening 21 in the side wall of the case. Pressure applied to the projecting ends of the pins 20 serves to com press the said springs so as todisengage the hooks 17, when there are no cardswithin the-holder to act asspacers for the said springs.

The card holder may be constructed of .various dimensions, designed for the accommodation or" established sizes of stock cards, car tickets, or the like. In using the invention, pressure is applied to the pins 20 to free the springs 19 from-the hooks 17, so that the hinged cover 15 may be turned away from the card holder. The plate or follower 13 is pressed against the bottom of the C2tSG,'\-11Cl a stack of cards,

evenly assembled, is inserted into theopen end of the holder. The springs 19 lie normallycloseto-the sides or the card holder, so that such springs serve as'guides for the stack of cards while the latter is being inserted -in't1ie holder. The expansive force of the spring which is arranged between 1311617121116OT'TOllOVVB! 13 and the bottom of thecase instantly moves the stack of cards into engagement with the overlapping margins-12. The hinged cover is now closed and the hooks 17 are permitted to engage the openings 18 in the guiding springs 19.

The top ot' the hinged cover is cut away as at 21' so as to lie in a plane slightly below that which isoccupied by the upperm stcard of the stack, this arrangementperin rprese'ntable condition, without being mitting the free movement oi a single card over the cut-away portion of the hinged cover, and its ejection from the card holder, such ejection being effected by movement :of the thumbor a finger applied at the rear end of thetop card of the stack. The dotted line .22, in Fig. 3, indicates the relative position intheholder'of the stack of cards.

From the foregoing it will be seen-that I; have produced'a magazine card holder of convenient form which is provided with locking means effective to prevent accidental withdrawal or spilling oi. the stack of cards from theholder, and thus preserve the cards,

mussed or soiled. While 1 have found it VGIY GCOHQIIIICHl to stamp the card holder from-sheet metal, so as to secure the desired elements of lightness and stability, I proposein some of the more elaborate forms of myinvention to'cover the metal casing with leather oriotherwise ornament the same.

Having-thus described my invention, what the said springs to hold the cover in closed position and prevent the ejection oi the cards otherthan singly from the holder. 1

2. A card holder provided with a contracted opening in the top thereof and with an open-end,ahinged coveradapted to close the said end, a spring pressed follower within the holder adapted to press'thestack of cards towardthe said contracted opening, and means rendered effective by'the presence of astack of cards in the holder to secure the coverin position andpreve'nt e ection o'l' the cards 'l romithe holder otherthan singly.

3. A card holder CDIl'lPll'Slng a bottom,

sides and closed end, thetopmargin ofsa'ici sides andendextending inwardly to term a contracted opening in thetop' otth'e'ficard holder, a'liinged closure torthe opposite end of the holder, the top "marginfiot such turned margins, so as'to pei'mitejectionwf the cards from the holder singly, and means reiidered'effective' by the presen'cek'ot a stack of cards in the holder to hold the =cl0sur'e' in its operative position.

1. In a cardholder, a casing havingsprings adjacent the side walls thereof, which springs are spaced apartby the-presence of a stack of cards in the holder, a hinged cover at one end of the holder and provided with fastening devices 'engagi n'g the said springs to hold the coverin oosition 'untilthe cards are withdrawn "sing y ztrom the casing.

5. .A 'carddiolder having a'contra'ctedop'eningdn the top thereofand "an open encLa hinged cover for closing thesa'i'd open end,

the top oitsaid hinged cover' heing cutaway 'to permit the movement of a single card therefrom, springs arranged with1-n"the cas ing atthe sides thereof and spaced apart by a stack of cards sothat linward movement In-testimony whereof I have signed my nameat Milwauke'e 'this' 15th day'ef F bruary,- 1921 v i p .j Tenses. W Vitnesses: VVmF. lVoonAiin,

' LLOYD-BEEG HLY.

0f the springs is prevented, means "on the hinged cover for engaging'the S211d""Sp'Il11'gS and locking; the' cover in position, and means external. to the ca'siiigwhereby th'e springs'inay he moved inwardly to release I the cover when the cardsare withdrawn. 

